Delicious coffee and walnut cake

This tasty layered cake is perfect for special occasions. The way the light and fluffy sponge cake mixes with that deliciously rich filling is mouthwateringly good and will have everyone coming back for seconds.

The addition of walnuts through the mixture adds that beautiful crunch in every bite. Try making this for an special event to share with guests and friends, because it’s the more the merrier when it comes to this cake!

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups plain flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 80ml milk
• 1 1/2 tbsp instant coffee dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, plus extra to serve
  Coffee Frosting
• 115 g cream cheese
• 1/2 cup icing sugar, sifted
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 tsp instant coffee dissolved in 1 teaspoon boiling water
• 3/4 cup cold whipping cream

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease two cake pans of the same size. Line bottoms with baking paper. In a bowl add baking powder, bicarb soda and salt. Whisk together to combine. In a separate bowl, beat butter with electric mixer until smooth. Beat in sugar until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Put beater on low speed. Gradually add in flour alternately with milk and coffee. Mix until combined. Fold in walnuts. 
2. Spoon mixture into prepared pans. Smooth out tops. Bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked through. Leave to cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn over and remove from pan. Leave to cool completely.
3. Meanwhile, in a bowl beat cream cheese with electric mixture until smooth. Add sugar, vanilla extract and coffee. Beat until smooth. Add cream. Beat until soft peaks form. 
4. Spread half of frosting over top of one half of cake. Top with second half of cake. Press down gently. Spread second half of frosting over top of cake. Top with walnuts. Serve.